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   #AncientEgypt
   #ancientegyptianartifact

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   While the size of the statues seems to indicate the statues being #Ushebtus, I've been able to determine that at least the right statue personifies the ancient #Egyptian creator god, #Ptah, which originated in #Memphis:

   https://spillwords.com/ancient-fictionality-egyptian-religion/

   The artifact seems to be on display at the #Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (the Imperial Museum of #Antiquities, the national...

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     #Archeilogy

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     archaeological museum of the #Netherlands, located in #Leiden)
     and to date from ca. 722-332 BC:

     https://uk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Periodo_tardo,_ptah_in_ceramica,_722-332_ac_ca.jpg

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Sep-2025 00:44:55 JST eribosot

     #Art #EgyptianArt Two small statues, one turquoise, one brown. @HistoPol thinks that these are funeral figurines called ushabtis.